Stack-head for wall-registers.



A. G. SGHERER.

STACK HEAD FOB. WALL REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1910.

Patented Apr; 16, 1912.

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A. G. SGHERER.

STACK HEAD FOR WALL REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1910.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH COHWASHINOTON. D. C.

ALBERT e. SCHERER, or CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 ARTHUR W. GL'ESSNER, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STACK-HEAD FOR- WALL-REGISTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16,1912.

Application filed June 22, 1910; Serial No. 568,295.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. SoHERnR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stack- Heads forWall-Registers, of which the following is a specification. V

My invention relates to improvements in the top sections or heads of hotair conductor pipe used in the walls and partltions of buildings, whichis usually called a stack, and has special reference to such heads usedin connection with wall registers.

The objects of my invention are, provision of facilities for andsecuring the head in position, so that it may be assembled morecertainly and securely with the stack, and so that it will be in theproper position and substantially se cured in that position to receivethe wall register.

I attain the above objects by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved stackhead installed in a wall, the floor being-shown in section and partiallybroken away, and the register removed; Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 ofFig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, the register beingshown attached in section; and Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 2,the stack head being shown in elevation, and the walls and register insection.

The reference numeral 1 designates the studding of a wall in which mystack head is installed, and 2 designates the lathing. The presentapproved form of wall register, 3, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4,extends outwardly from the wall, 4, and is inclined backwardly at anangle with the floor, upon which its lower edge contacts and rests. Theposition of the register is determined by its relation to the wall andfloor, and it is, therefore, necessary to so position and secure thestack head that it will fit the register. A further fit with the stackis also necessary.

So far as I am aware, it has been the universal practice hitherto tomeasure and mark out the desired location for the stack head, and thenendeavor to fit the stack head upon the stack so that it will occupy thewished for location. The measuring and first, the

properly locating marking of the location for the stack head occasionsmany opportunities for error, and

the fitting of the stack head to the stack so that it will occupy theascertained position, and the securing of it in place are operationsalso-affording opportunity for error.

The studding in buildings are now uniformly set upon sixteen inchcenters so as to receive a regulation length of lath, and the toporfinishing flooring, designated in the drawings by the numeral 5, comesof a uniform thickness of seven eighths of an inch.

I have taken advantage of the above conditions by providing means forsecurely locating my stack head with a fixed relation to the studdingand floor, so that when the top floor and plaster have been put inposition, the stack head will be in proper place to receive the registerand will be so securely secured in position as to form a suitablemounting for the register without the necessity of otherwise providingtherefor. With the stack head located, it is now only necessary to fitthe stack to it, which is a comparatively simple matter, as thisadjustment can no longer interfere with the fit between the stack headand the register.

To locate and secure the stack head in position, I have provided uponeach side of the stack head two laterally extending arms, 6, sopositioned as to contact the edge of adjacent studs when the stack headis in proper horizontal position; and upon the front of the stack headbelow the opening, 7, for the register are two like arms, 8, ex tendingforwardly and so located as to rest upon the first or rough floor whenthe stack head is in proper vertical position. Nails, 9, are driventhrough the arms, 6 and 8, into the studding and rough flooringrespectively to secure the stack head in position.

The arms, 6 and 8, may be either right angled pieces soldered orotherwise securely attached to the stack head, as shown in Fig. 3, orthey may be punched from the body of the metal as shown in Figs. 1, 2and 4. It will be seen, by reference to Figs. 1 and 3 especially, thatthe stack head comprises an inner wall, 10, and an outer wall, 11, whichare separated by an air space. When the arms are cut from the metal ofthe stack head, it is obvious that the metal of the outer wall, 11, onlywill be out, which will not make an aperture in to the hot air ductproper.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A stack head for Wall registers comprising a section of substantiallyrectangular hot air conduit, and the front being inclined backwardly'from the bottom to the top, a register opening in said front, and stripsof tin cut and bent up from the body of the section and extending atright angles from the sides and front and adapted to contactrespectively with the studding and rough flooring of a building forlocating and securing said head horizontally and vertically.

2. A stack head for Wall registers comprising a double Wall section ofsubstantially rectangular hot air conduit, and the front being inclinedbackWardly from the bottom to the top, a register opening in said front,and tongues cut from the outer of said Walls and adapted to be bent soas to extend at right angles from the sides and front for locating andsecuring said head horizontally and vertically.

3. A stack head for Wall registers comprising a section of substantiallyrectangular hot air conduit, and the front being inclined backwardlyfrom the bottom to the top, a register opening in said front, and armsout and bent up from the body of the outer Wall extending at rightangles from the sides and front for locating and securing said headhorizontally and vertically.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signaturein the presenceof two Witnesses.

ALBERT G. SCHERER.

Witnesses:

V. E. KRIEGER, v BENJ'. T. RooDHoUsE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. O.

